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Wayland pros and cons? (iusearchlinux.fyi)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey guys, what are the pros and cons to wayland if I intend to use my PC for gaming + others?

Comparisons to X?

General impressions?

Your advice on if I should use it or stick with X?

My PC parts are arriving soon, and while Ive been a linux user since 2016 its the first time I intend to fully main drive linux, so I guess im just looking for as much information as I can get on it.

Feel free to post links to articles or anything that will answer if you prefer, we're on a link aggregator after all ;) and I dont mind reading.

Thanks in advance :)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Wayland fixes a number of bugs and fundamental issues in X.Org. It is also much more actively developed, and it seems likely that over time new hardware will stop working with X.Org due to bugs nobody is interested in fixing (this is already the case for the Apple M1/M2 GPU drivers).

On the other hand, Wayland also introduces a number of additional bugs. However, some distros like Fedora have enabled it by default for years. In practice, most of the bugs relate to at least one of Nvidia's drivers, DPI scaling, and DEs with less mature support. If you're using an AMD GPU, 1080p display, and GNOME, you'll likely have few issues and possibly even a better experience compared to X.Org.